diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index a24ade4c..d31bb8a0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -415,6 +415,7 @@ Oliver Endriss <o.endriss@gmx.de>
  for helping to test and debug the new channel source and DiSEqC handling
  for reporting a bug when pressing the "Blue" button in the main menu without
  having displayed it
+ for helping to debug a crash when closing down with remote control plugins
 
 Reinhard Walter Buchner <rw.buchner@freenet.de>
  for adding some satellites to 'sources.conf'
diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 957d30e5..71872b43 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -1597,3 +1597,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed switching the video format in the Setup/DVB menu (thanks to Uwe Scheffler
   for reporting this one).
 - Reactivated full handling of second audio PID (even in 'Transfer Mode').
+- Fixed a crash when closing down with remote control plugins (thanks to Oliver
+  Endriss helping to debug this one).
diff --git a/remote.c b/remote.c
index ffdfa18a..05ce6063 100644
--- a/remote.c
+++ b/remote.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: remote.c 1.28 2002/09/29 12:51:26 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: remote.c 1.29 2002/10/12 15:22:08 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "remote.h"
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ cCondVar cRemote::keyPressed;
 
 cRemote::cRemote(const char *Name)
 {
-  if (Name)
-     name = strdup(Name);
+  name = Name ? strdup(Name) : NULL;
   Remotes.Add(this);
 }
 
diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 7e22477b..c1e0c11a 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  *
  * The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr
  *
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.125 2002/10/06 10:25:04 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.126 2002/10/12 15:22:29 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include <getopt.h>
@@ -634,11 +634,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   cControl::Shutdown();
   delete Interface;
   cOsd::Shutdown();
-  PluginManager.Shutdown(true);
+  Remotes.Clear();
   Setup.CurrentChannel = cDevice::CurrentChannel();
   Setup.CurrentVolume  = cDevice::CurrentVolume();
   Setup.Save();
   cDevice::Shutdown();
+  PluginManager.Shutdown(true);
   if (WatchdogTimeout > 0)
      dsyslog("max. latency time %d seconds", MaxLatencyTime);
   isyslog("exiting");